28 State Street is a modern
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Most modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise bui ...
in the
Government Center neighborhood of
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
,
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
. Built in 1969, it is Boston's
22nd-tallest building, standing 500 feet (152 m) tall, and housing 40 floors. It has been known as the New England Merchants Bank Building and the Bank of New England Building.
The building has a rectangular footprint which is then
setback once near the top floor. The tower does not have a crown and in fact has a flattened roof.
It was designed by
Emery Roth & Sons
Emery Roth (, died August 20, 1948) was a Hungarian-American architect of Hungarian-Jewish descent who designed many New York City hotels and apartment buildings of the 1920s and 1930s, incorporating Beaux-Arts and Art Deco details. His sons co ...
and Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates and developed by
Cabot, Cabot & Forbes
Cabot, Cabot & Forbes (CC&F) is a real estate development firm in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded by Francis Murray Forbes of the Boston Brahmin Forbes family in 1897 as a real estate management firm. Jay Doherty purchased the company in 2 ...
.
On April 5, 1976 an historic civil rights clash, dubbed
The Soiling of Old Glory
''The Soiling of Old Glory'' is a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph taken by Stanley Forman during the Boston busing crisis in 1976. It depicts a white teenager, Joseph Rakes, assaulting a black man—lawyer and civil rights activist Ted Lan ...
, was caught on film outside 28 State Street, seen at left in this disturbing picture. It earned photographer Stanley Forman a Pulitzer Prize.
Tenants
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Alta Communications*
Citizens Bank
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Citadel
A citadel is the most fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of ''city'', meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core.
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List of tallest buildings in Boston
Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England, is home to 585 completed high-rises, 37 of which stand taller than . The city's skyscrapers and high-rises are concentrated along the roughly 2.5 ...
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Skyscraper office buildings in Boston
Office buildings completed in 1970
Edward Larrabee Barnes buildings
Emery Roth buildings
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